It’s time to spread a little Holiday Cheer, so JUST for the Holidays, I am discounting some items and offering a “Buy One, Get One Half Off” additional discount on the God Shaped Hole art pack. The details of the discounts are below – if you choose to purchase anything, please follow the instructions and once all the tee shirt sizes are gone, I will not be printing any more – what you see is what you get!!

GOD SHAPED HOLE ART PACK: – for a limited time, the Art Pack will be available for $100 from Big Cartel – CLICK HERE TO ACCESS THE BIG CARTEL STORE. – and if you want to get a second pack tor your friend as a Holiday gift, we can do an extra discount of “Buy One, Get One Half Off” – for this offer, email me directly at info@billymorrisonart.com. The Art Pack comprises of a physical signed and numbered limited edition CD of my latest solo album. These are the only CD’s available and feature my mate Ozzy Osbourne singing on a brand new track that we wrote and recorded together. There is also a fine art print of the painting I did for the cover of the album, along with a set of guitar picks, handwritten lyrics and a signed photograph. The extra “Buy One – Get One Half Price” discount is ONLY available directly from me and is not listed in the Big Cartel store.

GOD SHAPED HOLE TEE SHIRT: – these are the tee shirts from the 2015 European Tour and the sizes are VERY limited – they are $30 each. There are ONLY very few standard SMALL and MEDIUM tees left (NO large and NO XL) and the Girls Cut is only available in SMALL – PLEASE NOTE that the Girls cut tees are very small – almost a kids size – this is all I have left in this design. Tees available from BIG CARTEL – CLICK HERE TO ACCESS THE BIG CARTEL STORE.

GRENADE TEE SHIRT: – the remaining sizes left in this tee shirt are on sale at $20 each and again, I ONLY have regular SMALL and regular XL left – there are no other sizes in this tee. These tees are available at BIG CARTEL – CLICK HERE TO ACCESS THE BIG CARTEL STORE.

Happy shopping, and I hope you take advantage of the Holiday Season pricing – everything changes for 2016!!! Billy

BILLY MORRISON’S NEW SOLO ALBUM ‘GOD SHAPED HOLE’ DUE OUT FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23

INCLUDES NEW SONG, “GODS,” SUNG BY OZZY OSBOURNE AND WRITTEN BY MORRISON / OSBOURNE

COVER FEATURES ORIGINAL MORRISON ARTWORK INSPIRED BY TITLE TRACK

LIMITED EDITION ARTPACK TO ACCOMPANY TRADITIONAL AND DIGITAL RELEASE

English musician, singer and guitarist BILLY MORRISON has confirmed Friday, October 23 as the release date for his new (and second) solo album, GOD SHAPED HOLE, to be released on his own King Mob Music label. Morrison, who currently plays guitar in Billy Idol’s band and co-wrote many songs on Idol’s latest KINGS & QUEENS OF THE UNDERGROUND album, is joined by Idol bandmates Steve Stevens and Erik Eldenius, Jane’s Addiction’s Dave Navarro and rock legend Ozzy Osbourne (lead vocals on “Gods,” a Morrison/Osbourne co-write) for the new album. GOD SHAPED HOLE (co-produced by Morrison and Erik Eldenius) was mixed by Mike Clink (who produced Guns N’ Roses’ landmark debut album, Appetite for Destruction) and John Spiker.

“Initially the plan was simply to record an EP of covers, but as with everything, the plan grew,” Morrison explains. “I had a song I had written with Steve Stevens that I wanted to sing on, so that got thrown into the pot. Erik (Eldenius) threw some ideas at me, and we started to record originals as well. My two best guitar mates from the two bands I’m in, Dave Navarro (Royal Machines and previously with Camp Freddy) and Steve Stevens, also both appear on the record, quite simply because they are awesome friends and did it without question…. they showed up, did their thing, and supported me. And then I got a text from Ozzy, wondering where I had disappeared to…. I told him I had decided to record a solo album, and the next text back from him was ‘Well I wanna sing a song on your record!’”

Morrison explains the inspiration behind GOD SHAPED HOLE which features 10 tracks–five originals and five cover songs (track listing below). “The five original songs were written with the spirit of independence that was so important at one time in music, and the complete autonomy and freedom that comes with a project like this. The covers are not huge hits, and most are by bands that never received the recognition they deserved. This record comes from a place inside me–thanking and paying respect to bands and songs that truly made me want to play, to perform and to do it my way.”

Beyond his commitment to music, Billy Morrison is an accomplished artist who has been featured at the Branded Arts exhibition at Mann’s Chinese Theater, in the 2015 LA Art Show and at The Village Studios. His new exhibition DIS-EASE–a gallery of the rocker’s original collection of fine art–will debut Wednesday, September 2 at Mouche Gallery in Beverly Hills, CA. The original acrylic on canvas work, GOD SHAPED HOLE will be for sale at the show. The collection will be on display in the gallery until September 8th.

“The GOD SHAPED HOLE artwork is all original acrylic on canvas pieces, painted by me in the same independent spirit as the music was recorded,” says Morrison. “I have found painting to be extremely valuable in my life–a creative outlet that no one else is involved with–no managers, agents, band mates or unwarranted opinions! I have collected art for years and loved pop art since I first heard the Velvet Underground sing about drugs and transvestites when I was 12 years old. From there I learned about Andy Warhol, fell in love with graffiti, followed the early career of Banksy, became close friends with Shepard Fairey and eventually picked up a paintbrush last year. My paintings are just images I love, and the fact that other people like them, buy them, appreciate them, that is all 100% bonus for me. The process when I get it right is as satisfying as writing a great song. Marrying the music and art together in this package seemed the obvious thing for me to do.”

GOD SHAPED HOLE will be available via i-Tunes and Amazon for $9.99, with individual tracks available for 99 cents, with the exception of “Gods” which is only available as an album track. A Friday October 16 pre-order ($8.99) of the album will include two Instant Gratification tracks “Baby Hurricane” and “Alone In A Crowd,” when the album is pre-ordered. In addition, a limited number of “Art Packs” will be available Friday October 9 for pre-order via Morrison’s Big Cartel store. CLICK HERE FOR BILLYMORRISON.BIGCARTEL.COM..

Just 200 of these Art-Packs will be manufactured and each pack contains an exclusive hard copy physical CD (numbered and signed), a fine art 18” x 24” lithograph print on 255mg Somerset Velvet Archival stock of the album cover (numbered and signed), a hand written lyric sheet, glossy (signed) photograph and set of 4 Billy Morrison guitar picks. “Art Packs” are available at $175 + shipping and will be shipped on within two weeks of purchase. These will be the only physical hard copies of the album available anywhere.

So I think it’s about time to talk about the track listing for my forthcoming solo album. The album itself has a couple of working titles, so I wont confirm that yet, and the artwork is still being worked on. Mike Clink (he of Appetite For Destruction fame, yes!) has all the tracks and is working on the mixes while Erik and I tour Europe with Billy Idol. But what I can talk about are the five songs I chose to cover and the five original tracks on the record. The covers are tracks that are not particularly well known, but hopefully anyone finding out about them through this record will go back and hunt down the originals – they are all responsible for inspiring me, provoking the feeling that I try so hard to keep now…..the one we get when we hear a particular riff, or a soaring chorus, and it just makes us want to smash things/learn to play an instrument/scream from the rooftops. These were all songs that for one reason or another made a huge impact on me when I was younger. The five covers are:

No release date has been set but it will be released this year. All the plans and details are being discussed between Erik and I and when we have the finished product from Mike we will decide how best to get this record out to you all. Its an exciting and very home-grown project that Im glad I decided to do – more info as and when I get it.

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